Thus far, studies on EUS-guided fiducial placement have been largely of proof-of-concept, and outcome measures, such as decreased radiotoxicity and improved survival, are currently lacking.
The ten elements of successful priority setting in our framework have been organized into two types: process concepts and outcome concepts.
There is a growing awareness that age per se is a less important determinant of choice of therapy concepts and outcome in older cancer patients than physical status, functional status, and mental/emotional status.
The studies were heterogeneous in defining concepts and outcomes, replicated with ambiguous results, and underpowered.
The stemless shoulder prosthesis, in contrast, is a new concept, and fewer outcome studies are available.
However, accepting that a single biomarker may not have the power to predict proof of concept and patient outcome, it is clear that in the future more emphasis will be placed on technologies that can analyse panels of biomarkers in small volumes of samples.
This chapter discusses the concept of interventions and outcome in autism.
The TELER system is a concept of evaluation and outcome measurement developed by Le Roux in the 1980s.
SI refers to ideas, concepts, processes, and outcomes that address social needs in new ways and, if truly successful, fundamentally change social, economic, or other relations (Hansson et al. 2014).
Finding eligible studies is often the most challenging and time-consuming phase in conducting a meta-analysis, especially when the terminology for key concepts, variables and outcomes differs among studies.
